21st Century Skills and PBL: Integrating Technology to Learning

Effectively

Prof. Petra E. Avillán, M.Ed. ESLPRTESOL Conference

Ponce , PRNovember 2009

Which are the 21st Century

Skills?

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120

21st century skills Digital literacyBasic, Scientific and technological illiteraciesVisual Information-InternetCultural Literacy and Global Awareness Inventive ThinkingAdaptability Curiosity, creativity, risk-takingHigher Order Thinking Skills

21st Century Skills cont.

Interactive CommunicationTeaming and collaborationPersonal and Social

ResponsibilitiesCommunication through technology QualityPrioritizing, Strategic PlanningUse of Real-World Tools

http://www.metiri.com/features.html

Resources that support 21st skills

Internethttp://www.edutopia.org/

aboutus www.iste.org/NTES/ Blackboard Microsoft OracleYou tubeTeacher tube.com

Other resourcesMinistry or Department

of Education Cable in the classroomGrants

What is PBL?

Problem-based learningProblem-based learning (PBL) is the most

significant innovation for the professions… Problem-based learning is an approach

structuring the curriculum which involves confronting students with problems from practice which provides a stimulus for learning.

…develops capability rather than aqcuisition of knowledge (Boud,D. , Feletti,G. 1997)

…a structure for discovery that helps students internalize learning and leads to greater comprehension. ( Delilsle, R. 1997)

“To organize education so that natural active tendencies shall be fully enlisted in doing something, while seeing to it that the doing requires observation, the acquisition of information, and the use of constructive imagination, is what needs to be done to improve social conditions.” (Dewey, 1916, 1944)

“…the learning that results from the process of working toward the understanding or resolution of a problem”

(Barrows and Tamblyn, 1980)

Project-based learningA systematic teaching method that engages

students in learning knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.

( Buck Institute for Education, 2003)

Problem-based learning

Student-centeredResearch-based

(students)Understanding a

problem is the goalReal-world

problemsStudents Plan their processTeam workTechnology

Project- based learning

Student-centeredUses researchA project is the

goalThe teacher

providesInstructionsReal-world

problemsStudents perform

tasksTeam workTechnology

ESL and PBL 21st Century Skills

Web pages http://www.pblforesl.com/

Research on line ArticlesTexts

TechnologiesTVComputer InternetMP3I PodPod CastsCellular PhonesSimulation programsDigital cameras

Are we prepared to teach considering the 21st century skills?

How do we feel about this?Do we have the necessary skills?

Does our curriculum mention PBL?

Are there PBL schools or Universities in Puerto Rico?

Do the academic programs of our universities use PBL?

Are we trained in PBL?Do we know where to go to get information and support for PBL?

Who is talking about PBL?Links Education

And now….